Maria received degrees in both business and psychology and had worked as both a travel professional and a real estate agent when she realized that she could combine both of her passions — travel and residential real estate and design. Managing vacation rental properties since 2003, she has spent countless hours obsessively networking with other vacation rental professionals. Her love for residential architecture and beautiful landscapes has led Maria to collect houses around the globe, including one purchased sight unseen on the Bay of Fundy in Canada. She’s also been lucky to live in some really cool locales – an 18th century carriage house on Beacon Hill in Boston, a medieval castle in Europe, several resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico, and a historic Spanish-eclectic Pacific view home in southern California. Maria currently divides her time between an artsy farmhouse in Machiasport, Maine, a quintessential cape house on Cape Cod and a beach cottage in tiny Phinney Cove, Nova Scotia. Oh, and her, oh-so-chaotic, home life consists of a musician hubby, two teenagers, four cats, two dogs and a diaper-wearing house-chicken.

Disney's Hollywood Studios has a history of undergoing major changes and the present is no different. Originally, a team of Disney engineers had been given an assignment for two new pavilions in EPCOT’s Future World. One of the pavilions was ...

Enjoy the current art exhibition in New Smyrna Beach at the Hub on Canal Street. The month of December features "Things That Live and Breathe" - a juried exhibition and competition by local artists. Runs December 1-30. Free and Open ...